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Feb 5, 2021

Space travel may harm health

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, chemistry, health, space travel

Biochemical changes after going to space suggest that harm to cells’ energy-producing structures, called mitochondria, could explain astronauts’ health issues.

Feb 5, 2021

Neil deGrasse Tyson: Elon Musk Is The Most Important Person Alive Today

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, space travel, sustainability

It summarizes the whole thing well.


““As important as Steve Jobs was, here’s the difference: Elon Musk is trying to invent a future, not by providing the next app,” says renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson.

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Feb 5, 2021

SpaceX to launch NASA astrophysics mission

Posted by in categories: physics, space travel

SpaceX won a NASA contract Feb. 4 to launch a small astrophysics mission, continuing its string of similar agency contracts over the last two years.


WASHINGTON — SpaceX won a NASA contract Feb. 4 to launch a small astrophysics spacecraft, continuing the company’s string of similar agency contracts over the last two years.

NASA awarded a contract to SpaceX for the launch of the Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization, and Ices Explorer (SPHEREx) spacecraft on a Falcon 9 in June 2024. The value of the launch contract is $98.8 million, which includes the launch itself and other “mission-related costs,” the agency said.

Feb 5, 2021

Northrop Grumman test-fires rocket motors for new Vulcan Centaur booster

Posted by in category: space travel

Northrop Grumman and United Launch Alliance successfully performed a crucial rocket motor test for ULA’s next-generation rocket, Vulcan Centaur, in preparation for a debut launch later this year.

Feb 5, 2021

6 Things to Know About NASA’s Mars Helicopter on Its Way to Mars

Posted by in category: space travel

Ingenuity, a technology experiment, is preparing to attempt the first powered, controlled flight on the Red Planet.

Feb 5, 2021

Nuclear-powered rocket could get astronauts to Mars faster

Posted by in categories: nuclear energy, space travel

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This rocket engine design, combined with a special fuel, could get humans from Earth to Mars in just three months.

Feb 4, 2021

Space Property Rights How Can SpaceX, Blue Origins and Others Use Space Resources

Posted by in categories: geopolitics, habitats, space travel, treaties

Property rights of some type are needed in space to establish reliable operations based there, Yet the 1967 Outer Space Treaty is a huge challenge to this. See the countries that did not sign the 1967 outer space treaty, Credit to the L5 Society for stopping the moon treaty, See an introductory talk on what we can do about this. Also see that Asgardia was NOT the first space nation!

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Feb 3, 2021

SpaceX will launch billionaire Jared Isaacman on a private spaceflight this year

Posted by in category: space travel

The 37-year-old Isaacman, who’s also an accomplished pilot, will command the four-person “Inspiration4” mission aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, he and SpaceX announced today (Feb. 1). There will be no professional astronauts aboard; Isaacman is donating the other three seats.


Isaacman chartered a Crew Dragon flight and is donating the other three seats.

Feb 3, 2021

The Unusual Rocket Thruster That Will Send Humans to Mars

Posted by in category: space travel

Plasma + magnets = magic.


A Department of Energy (DoE) physicist has a new nuclear fusion rocket concept that uses magnetic fields to make thrust. It’s a far-out idea that could carry astronauts to Mars.

Feb 3, 2021

SpaceX Starship SN9 Test

Posted by in category: space travel

SpaceX’s latest Starship test ended with another bang! 🚀💥